Canadian cellphone packages
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- i_monk0
I wish the CRTC would do something to boost competition in television.
- Jaline0
MSTRPLN, I don't know about the customer service, but then again, I don't care about customer service. Maybe that's a bad thing to say, but I already have low expectations of every service before I use them, so whenever they give me good service I am amazed.
Anyway, I only chose Virgin Mobile because they offer the $50 and $100 cards that last a really long time. Seems worth it to me. The phones are the greatest, but I bought a good one for about $200 and I don't even use my phone that much.
Here are the features:
http://virginmobile.ca/site/en/p…Comes with lots of stuff.
- mrdobolina0
//Don't you guys just blow into a moose horn when you want to contact each other?
- only in ontario. smoke signals get better reception out here on the westcoast.horton
- i_monk0
I used to hate the phone, but in Korea I started texting like mad. I was on pay-as-you-go, and for about $30 I got about 4 months of talk and texting. Do they still have the bullshit charges here for each text message? I'm glad I kept my phone from last year though.
Jaline - This is Canada, so this is what will happen: 5 or so small companies will start up, and in three years or so they'll be owned by Rogers and we'll be back where we are now.
- JKilla770
I don't think they'll really want to buy up the smaller companies. They'll be making more money of the bandwidth used by the smaller companies sans the overhead. If I'm not mistaken they're public traded companies so that will jack their shares up. The only way I could see them buying someone out is if they started building new towers.
- Mimio0
Return your empty beer cans?
- madirish0
Rodgers?
Virgin Mobile?above this, i would recommend just buying a service plan you are happy with. wtf?
- Jaline0
By the way, the guy who opened it up said that larger companies won't be able to buy up the smaller companies this time around. If he's lying...well....there's an interview with CBC to prove that he lied about it then.
- _eh_0
I'm with rogers, mainly because I work for them and receive a discount. They are a pretty good provider though.
- sherman0
Canadians just get screwed on our plans compared to the US market.
- czawada0
I find that Rogers completely blows in more rural areas, I even get shitty service in Port Moody of all places. I have a TELUS phone for work and it gets much better service.
If you plan to get an iPhone at any point (even hacked ones) you'll need to get Rogers or Fido, none of the others will work with it.
Good luck Shermdawg!
- i_monk0
I hate Rogers to death. I got back from Seoul 3 months ago but I'm still phoneless. I might go with Virgin (Bell in disguise) on a pay-as-you-go basis.
- pango0
every phone plan in BC blows! seriously everything is overpriced.
Rogers has pretty decent reception everywhere. but they count by minutes. witch is really easy to go over $100 a month if your not watching.
Fido is pretty good, altho they are owned by rogers but plans are different and they count by seconds.
telus...mehhh.... not so good in my area. i feel like they aren't doing so good lately.- Try using your rogers phone in a remote, things don't even work on Whistler Mountain.czawada
- um it did work in whistler for me and works great in other country without doing any changes. just a bit priceypango
- In the village or on the mountain. I can't get any reception up on the mountain with my Rogers phone.czawada
- Jaline0
Didn't you guys hear the news? They're opening up the extra bandwidth (or whatever you call it) and new, smaller companies are going to bid on it. So there is the possibility of more competition and lower prices by 2009 or so. The bidding will occur in March 2008 (or sometime near that month), and the larger companies HAVE to let the winner use their existing lines.
By the way, I find that Virgin Mobile is by far the best for pay-as-you-go because you can buy $50 (which lasts 4 months) and $100 (lasts a whole year!) cards. Pretty sweet. Obviously this is only effective for people who don't talk as much on the phone (like myself). Not sure who is good for monthly payments, as I find most of them suck.
- pango0
yes i'm thinking witching pay-as-you-go. but i still have 2 yrs plan on my phone... :( good to know they are good tho. hows the reception on virgin?